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Festival of seriously good music
Odd folk: The Big Muffin Serious Band hardly look serious,
but can play seriously good music with their weird
''instruments''. They're sure to liven up the Auckland Folk
Festival at the Kumeu Showgrounds on January 27-30.
Wires and Wood: The Auckland bluegrass ensemble won
the 2011 Tui Award for best folk album with Over the
Moon.
Hedge clippers and a car-
rot kazoo are among the
instruments Hamil-
ton s Big Muffin Serious
Band will be using at the
39th Auckland Folk Fes-
tival during Auckland
Anniversary Weekend.
To learn how they
make music with them,
along with a child s plas-
tic saxophone, elephan-
tophone and single-
string tea-chest bass, you
will have to visit the
Kumeu Showgrounds
from January 27-30.
No popular music is
safe from the band s
attention, particularly if
it s totally unsuited to
the instrumentation, the
festival publicity says.
Their music is described
as tight, energetic and
rather funny.
If Big Muffin don t
pluck your strings this
laid-back festival has
many other performers
and workshops to suit a
variety of tastes and
interests.
Guest artists include
popular Auckland four-
piece bluegrass group
Wires and Wood, English
four-piece the Grass-
hoppers, Australian
singer Danny Spooner
who plays the concertina
and guitar, duo Cy Win-
stanley and Vanessa
Evelyn, and United
States-born Kiwi-raised
singer and songwriter
Erin Cole-Baker.
Workshops include the
odd and the traditional.
There s a children s
sword dance with Andy
Smith, a bodhran and
bones with Ian Bartlett,
and a blind date con-
cert where performers
who may have never met
before are paired.
Or you can join in Mor-
ris dancing, a Shanty
Session with The Mari-
time Crew, Home Brew
and Drinking Songs with
Lew Black, a windjam-
mers session with Pete
Grassby, an Appalachian
clogging workshop,
beginner s ukulele, pup-
pet making, or a Home
Made Jam Family Con-
cert.
Other concerts, gener-
ally featuring guest
artists, are peppered
throughout the days and
evenings, including the
Tui Best Folk Album
finalists.
The Martin Blackman
Young Folk Performers
Award 2012 will also be
presented in each of two
categories -- 11-14 years
and 15-18 years.
Some camping is avail-
able but visitors should
leave pets at home.
Go online to www.
aucklandfolkfestival.co.nz
for ticket prices and more
information.
Entries open
Entries are now open in
New Zealand s premier
building competition, the
Registered Master Buil-
ders 2012 House of the
Year, in association with
PlaceMakers.
2012 marks a signifi-
cant change for the RMB
competition when, for
the first time, the House
of the Year and the RMB
Commercial Project
Awards will be run sep-
arately.
Registered Master
Builders Federation
chief executive Warwick
Quinn is enthusiastic
about starting 2012 with
the House of the Year
competition.
"These Awards prog-
rammes continue to set a
benchmark for residen-
tial and commercial
building. Splitting the
competition will allow us
to focus on premium
builds in both arenas
and highlight the skill
and excellence of our
members more effec-
tively in their respective
areas of expertise."
Entries close for House
of the Year on Sunday
February 26 February
2012.
The Awards are made
possible through the
support of PlaceMakers,
James Hardie, Gib Living
Solutions, Pink Batts Ultra
(Tasman Insulation),
Nulook, the Department
of Building and Housing.
For information about the
competition, visit the
Registered Master
Builders website
www.master
builder.org.nz.